Spring Break - Spring Training

Okay - here we go! Our spring break travel adventures got off to an early start, by about a week. On Tuesday March 2nd, Nate's grandpa passed away, so Wednesday night @ 8:30pm we got in our car and headed to Missouri. We (or should I say Nate, I only drove like 4hrs) drove thru the night (19hrs) and arrived in Harrisonville around 4pm Thursday. We had a wonderful time visiting with family, and attended a beautiful service for Grandpa Tracy. After Church on Sunday, we loaded up and headed out. We ran into heavy fog in Kansas all the way to Denver at 2:30 in the morning. My big brother Richard saved our bacon by getting us a room there. Thank heavens cause we couldn't have gone any further. We got into Blackfoot Monday at 8pm.

Then Thursday, I packed our bags again, and we left Friday night for Arizona! Spring Training here we come!! Sunday after church we took Jensen and Maya to the Phoenix Zoo and had an awesome time. Jensen was so excited to see Marty and Melvin! (We had just watch Madagascar in the car on the way here.)

Monday and today were spent doing what else....watching baseball. Last night we went to the Royals - White Sox game and I got Willie Bloomquist's autograph, I know most would wonder why, but he use to be a Mariner!!! Today's game was Royals - Brewers were Nate got Alex Gordan's autograph, I however, got to much sun, and made Nate leave the game in the middle of the 7th.....good thing there is another game tomorrow. In my defense, it was 82 today and we were sitting in the sun, on the lawn in the outfield. Tomorrows games will be much better, thanks to the Royals 1st Baseman/DH Billy Butler, who has comped us tickets!!!! Boy it pays to know somebody how knows somebody!

After we got home(to Dan and Meghann's)we took the girls swimming. I chickened out and would only go in the hot tub! Jensen loves her new "tube in a suit" swim suit, it helped her swim all by herself! What a big girl.